In France, MPs are elected by direct universal suffrage by voters registered on the electoral roll. The voting system is a two-round, constituency-based majority system. Following the dissolution of the National Assembly, the first round of early elections took place on Sunday 30 June, with the second round to be held on Sunday 7 July.
It just took an informal dinner and a one-day-long European Council meeting to find a broad-based agreement on the so-called EU “top jobs”.
For France, and for Europe, it’s a week of high tension: the results of the first round of the French political elections leave the composition of the National Assembly largely undetermined
With just a few days to go before the first round of early parliamentary elections – the French are due to go to the polls to elect their MPs on 30 June and 7 July – and as a new term of office begins in the European Parliament, the programmes of Ensemble – the presidential majority – the Rassemblement National and the new Front Populaire contain proposals on Europe and foreign policy.
The aftermath of the European Parliament elections has been marked by negotiations within political groups called upon to define their name, presidency and composition by July 15th
Letta’s report, “Much More Than a Market,” was investigated during the Social Policy Council held on June 20th. Enrico Letta made some significant remarks on the labor market, as well as on social policies, which needed to be discussed in the meeting. How can we implement the interlinkages between economic and social policies?
In Luxembourg, the 27 EU ministers adopted a general approach on three legislative file. The European Commission frowns on the less ambitious text on the text on a more efficient railway infrastructure capacity
The necessary qualified majority to formally adopt the law was found after the turnaround of Austrian minister. Member States are called to restore at least 20% of the EU’s land and sea areas by 2030, and all ecosystems in need of restoration by 2050.
The 27 EU ministers gave guidance to the future work at expert level on a broader limitation period for offences and exchange views on ways to ensure that AI-generated child sexual abuse material is made as much punishable as cases in the offline world
Big shocks in Germany and France, with the advances of extreme right-wing parties and the defeats of the ruling parties, especially the Social Democrats and President Emmanuel Macron’s Renaissance, who dissolved the Assemblée nationale and called immediate general elections. In the major EU countries, only in Italy and Poland do the ruling forces win.
The European Economic Area (EEA) agreement marked its 30th anniversary today, an alliance with a long path ahead to a future full of possibilities within the Single Market. Or, at least, this was the gist of the keynote speech made by Enrico Letta during the “30 years of the European Economic Area: A Unique Partnership Fit for the Future” conference hosted in Brussels by the Belgian Presidency of the EU Council.
Consent in the EU Council is growing to increase the support beyond the financing available under the Common Agriculture Policy crisis reserve